Improvement in boots and shoes



N1 STATES JOHN LANHAM, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO EBENEZER FOOOCKPATENT OFFIC.

AND CHARLES F. GARDNER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,093, dated December22, 1874; application filed Y September 9, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LANHAM, of London, England, Shoemaker, haveinvented Improvements in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes, of whichthe following is a speciliea'- tion:

The said invent-ion relates to further improvements in the manufactureof boots and shoes described in the specication of my former LettersPatent, dated May 26, 1874, No. 151,296.

According ,to my present invention I form the sole and the heel-shell oftwo or more pieces of leather, with a seam made by stitching orotherwise at each corner ot' the heel, or at or near the center of thefront of the same.

In this process the piece of leather forming the heel-shell may be ofinferior quality, thereby effecting a very great saving in the cost of aboot or shoe.

When the shell is made of a separate piece it is united to the rear endof the sole by two seams, either by stitches or other fastenings, andthis end ofthe sole is bent up to form the front, or a portion of thefront, of the heel.

The two pieces are united by seams at each corner, or in front or theseams may be made triangular to meet at or near the top of the heel, andthere merge into one seam.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l, 2, 3, 4 illustrate variousmethods of forming myimproved combined boot or shoe soles and heels.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, A is the piece of leather cut out to form the heel. Bis the sole. O is a transverse section on the line x m.

In Fig. 1 I have shown theA edges a b of the parts A B united by twoseams extending from the sole to the bottom of the heel, as at c.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the edges ab somewhat varied in shape, so thatwhen united they form a triangular seam, d, merging into a straightcentral seam, e.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the parts A B united by two seams, f g, at thecorners of the heel.

The heel may be formed of any desired shape by suitable mechanism.

The pieces of leather A B, of which the sole and heel are formed, arerst cut in the proper shape from hides of leather of suitable thicknessand quality.

The piece to form the shell or" the heel mustbe of such shape that whenunited to the sole and blocked the said heel and sole will be in theproper form for attaching to the upper.

The shell of the heel may be blocked on wood of the shape required forthe heel when finished, in which case the wood will remain incased withthe leather; or it may be blocked to any required form, and subsequentlyilled with wood, or other material adapted to the class of work forwhich it is designed.

A piece of leather or metal, h, called in the trade a top piece,77 issubsequently secured to the outside of the heel to give it support and anished appearance.

I ani enabled by these improvements to greatly facilitate themanufacture of boots and shoes, and to economize both material and la'-bor; and, moreover, the heels constructed according to this inventionare greatly superior in appearance, and much more durable than theordinary heels of boots and shoes.

I claim as my invention- A combined sole and heel formed of the parts AB, united by stitching the tongue of part B to the edges or' A, as shownand described.

JOHN LANHAM.

Witnesses:

HENRY I. NooN, JAMES EDWARD.

